Image

Constant Nieuwenhuys-Le vieux Chinois, 1982

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Le vieux Chinois

1982
Late period
59,5cm
x 45,0cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

2358

    English title

    The Old Chinese

    Signed/dated

    Signed and dated Constant '83, bottom right from center in pencil

    Provenance

    1982 Constant
    Collection Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL (gift)
    2017 Collection heirs Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL
    Tags
    Culture
    Man
    People
    Portrait

    Frame dimensions

    No

    Image

    Constant Nieuwenhuys-Portrait de Moravigine, 1979

    Photographer

    Tom Haartsen

    Portrait de Moravagine

    1979
    Late period
    38,5cm
    x 30,5cm
    paper
    watercolour
    Private collection, NL

    CID

    2355

    Moravagine is a Blaise Cendrars (1887–1961) novel, published by Grasset en 1926. It is[1] a complex opus, with a central figure (the Moravagine character) like a dark persona of the author which he gets rid of through writing. Its genesis took a decade (with Cendrars hinting at it as early as 1917) and Cendrars never stopped working on it. In 1956, the author somewhat rewrote the text, added a postface and a section titled "Pro domo: How I wrote Moravagine". In its ultimate revision, Cendrars says the book is definitely incomplete, as it was meant to be a preface to a "complete works of Moravagine" that are not there.

     

      English title

      Portrait of Moravagine

      Signed/dated

      Signed and titled Constant Portrait de Moravagine, bottom right in red gouache

      Provenance

      1979 Constant
      Collection Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL (gift)
      2017 Collection Maurits Kruseman, NL (heirs Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL)
      Tags
      Art
      Literature
      Man
      Portrait

      Frame dimensions

      No

      Image

      Constant Nieuwenhuys-D.A.F. De Sade vers la fin de sa vie, 1978

      Photographer

      Tom Haartsen

      D.A.F. De Sade vers la fin de sa vie

      1978
      Late period
      39,0cm
      x 30,0cm
      paper
      watercolour
      Private collection, NL

      CID

      2354

        English title

        De Sade Towards the End of His Life

        Signed/dated

        Signed Constant, bottom left in sepia. Titled D.A.F. De Sade vers la fin de sa vie bottom in grey watercolor

        Provenance

        1978 Constant
        1981 Collection Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL (gift)
        2017 Collection Maurits Kruseman, NL (heirs Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL)
        Tags
        Beige
        Blue
        Literature
        Man
        People
        Portrait
        Sepia

        Frame dimensions

        No

        Image

        Constant Nieuwenhuys-Sans abri, 1997

        Photographer

        Tom Haartsen

        Sans-abri

        1997
        Late period
        45,0cm
        x 35,5cm
        paper
        watercolour
        Private collection

        CID

        2347

          English title

          Homeless

          Signed/dated

          Signed and dated Constant '97, bottom right in black pencil
          Tags
          Man
          People
          Portrait

          Frame dimensions

          No

          Image

          Constant Nieuwenhuys-4 dessins préparatoires pour Casanova-2, 1975

          Photographer

          Tom Haartsen

          Image

          Image

          4 dessins préparatoires pour Casanova-01

          1975
          Late period
          21,0cm
          x 25,0cm
          ink
          paper
          Private collection, NL

          CID

          2337

            English title

            4 Drawings in Preparation for Casanova-01

            Signed/dated

            Signed Constant, bottom right in ink

            Provenance

            1975 Constant
            Collection unknown
            2002 Christie's
            2002 Collection Jaski
            2018 Private Collection, NL
            Tags
            Erotica
            Flower
            Guitar
            Literature
            Love
            Man
            Nude
            Penis
            Sex
            Woman

            Frame dimensions

            52,2 x 55,5 x 2,8 cm

            Image

            Constant Nieuwenhuys-De monniken, 1982

            Photographer

            Tom Haartsen

            De monniken

            1982
            Late period
            45,0cm
            x 45,0cm
            lavis
            watercolour
            Collection MinBuZa, Parijs

            CID

            2335

              English title

              The Monks

              Signed/dated

              Signed and dated Constant '82, bottom right in pencil and signed Constant, bottom center in red ink
              Tags
              Man
              People
              Religion

              Frame dimensions

              No

              Image

              Constant Nieuwenhuys-Winterreise II, ca 1989

              Photographer

              Tom Haartsen

              Die Winterreise [I]

              1989
              Late period
              42,0cm
              x 47,0cm
              paper
              watercolour
              Private collection, NL

              CID

              2328

              Circa 1989.
              Inspired by Schubert's Winterreise.

                English title

                Winter Journey [I]

                Signed/dated

                Signed Constant, bottom right in pencil
                Tags
                Landscape
                Man
                Music

                Frame dimensions

                No

                Image

                Constant Nieuwenhuys-Die Krähe, 1989

                Photographer

                Tom Haartsen

                Der Wegweiser

                1989
                Late period
                39,5cm
                x 33,0cm
                paper
                watercolour
                Collection unknown

                CID

                2327

                "Der Wegweiser" is song 20 of the 24 songs from Winterreise by Franz Schubert. It's a tribute to the poet Wilhelm Müller on whose poems Winterreise is based. At the bottom of the watercolor Constant has written in pencil "Krähe lass mich endlich sehn Treue biss zum Grabe" which is actually a line from song 15, Die Krähe while in the picture Constant obviously depicts Der Wegweiser.

                  English title

                  The Crow

                  Signed/dated

                  Signed and dated Constant '89, bottom right in pencil

                  Provenance

                  Constant
                  1991 Collection unknown (Galerie Gabriele von Loeper, Hamburg)
                  Tags
                  Man
                  Music

                  Frame dimensions

                  No

                  Image

                  Constant Nieuwenhuys-Trotski, 1988

                  Photographer

                  Tom Haartsen

                  Trotski

                  1988
                  Late period
                  49,8cm
                  x 34,6cm
                  paper
                  watercolour
                  Private collection

                  CID

                  2324

                    English title

                    Trotsky

                    Alternate titles

                    Trotzky
                    1990

                    Signed/dated

                    Signed and dated Constant '88, bottom right in pencil
                    Tags
                    Man
                    People
                    Portrait

                    Frame dimensions

                    No

                    Image

                    Constant Nieuwenhuys-Man met hond, 1949

                    Photographer

                    Tom Haartsen

                    Man en hond

                    1949
                    Cobra
                    45,6cm
                    x 74,6cm
                    linen
                    oil paint
                    Collection Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL

                    CID

                    2308

                      English title

                      Man and Dog

                      Alternate titles

                      Man en hond
                      1949 Archive entry

                      Signed/dated

                      Signed and dated Constant '49, bottom center in black pencil

                      Provenance

                      1949 Constant
                      Collection Hans Sonnenberg, NL
                      2017 Collection Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL (donation Hans Sonnenberg)
                      Tags
                      Animal
                      Black
                      Brown
                      Dog
                      Man
                      People
                      Red
                      White

                      Frame dimensions

                      No